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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Airbus A320-214 · Denver, CO · May 23, 2016

Date
May 23, 2016 · 13:26 local
Place
Denver, CO
Airport
Denver International
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
VQIA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N855VA
Reported as
Airbus A320-214
Reported engine
CFM International CFM56
People aboard
131
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On take-off roll virgin america flight VRD860 from Denver to san francisco impacted a bird in the #2 engine at approximately 150 feet AGL. The #2 engine vibe was observed to momentarily rise to 8.9 and then return to 4.2 vibes. No other engine abnormal parameters or exceedances were observed. They continued to climb-out to 10K and then returned to the departure airport. The aircraft landed without incident.

As the FAA filed it

ON TAKE-OFF ROLL VIRGIN AMERICA FLIGHT VRD860 FROM DENVER TO SAN FRANCISCO IMPACTED A BIRD IN THE #2 ENGINE AT APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET AGL. THE #2 ENGINE VIBE WAS OBSERVED TO MOMENTARILY RISE TO 8.9 AND THEN RETURN TO 4.2 VIBES. NO OTHER ENGINE ABNORMAL PARAMETERS OR EXCEEDANCES WERE OBSERVED. THEY CONTINUED TO CLIMB-OUT TO 10K AND THEN RETURNED TO THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.